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Event Report: Early Childhood Experience & the Developing Brain

June 26, 2017 by Karen Brown

Children & Youth

To help journalists and news organizations around the world improve their reporting on early childhood experience and brain development, the Dart Center organized a reporting institute for 45 journalists from 26 countries March 9-12, 2017 at Columbia Journalism School in New York City. Today, the Bernard van Leer Foundation launches Early Childhood Matters, its journal showcasing advances in early childhood development, which includes this report written by Karen Brown, senior reporter at New England Public Radio and a consultant on the project.

Impunity in Mexico: Remembering Javier Valdez

June 15, 2017 by Donna DeCesare, Ariel Ritchin

One month after Mexican journalist Javier Valdez was assassinated outside his workplace, we asked seven journalists to reflect on his murder and the impact of violence and impunity on their work. Below, Donna DeCesare introduces pieces by Melissa del Bosque, Javier Garza, Michel Marizco, Maria Teresa Ronderos, Christopher Sherman and Marcela Turati. Scroll down for excerpts, and click to the right to read the full pieces.

Local Crime Reporter Reflects on PTSD

June 13, 2017 by Mike Glenn

Mike Glenn, a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, writes for the first time about experiencing post traumatic stress disorder.

Announcing Gun Violence Reporting Fellows

June 1, 2017

Homicide & Mass Shooting

The Dart Center has announced the recipients of its first ever reporting fellowships on gun violence. The fellows will have up to nine months to work on projects in the Midwestern United States. Learn more about the eight fellows and their projects below.

Must-see Docs at Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York

May 30, 2017

The Dart Center is co-sponsoring the New York City premieres of two inspiring documentaries, Nowhere to Hide and City of Ghosts, at this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

2017 Dart Awards: Roundtable Discussion Transcript

May 25, 2017

This year's Dart Awards went to The Salt Lake Tribune for its coverage of sexual assault at Brigham Young University and Transom.org for “A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice and My Mother. The 2017 winners' roundtable featured Jay Allison and Samantha Broun from Transom.org, and Erin Alberty and Rachel Piper from the Salt Lake Tribune. A full event transcript is now available.

Deadline Passed: Dart Asia Pacific Fellowship

May 3, 2017

Disaster

The Dart Centre Asia Pacific Fellowships offer seasoned journalists and their editors in the South Pacific a special opportunity to improve coverage of tragic events.